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China’s actions in Xinjiang ‘constitute genocide,’ US says By January 19, 2021 Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News ( www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com ). The U.S. State Department released a statement Tuesday denouncing the Chinese government’s treatment of the Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in the Xinjiang province as “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.” The statement alleges that “since at least March 2017, the People’s Republic of China, under the direction and control of the Chinese Communist Party,” has committed an ongoing series of crimes including arbitrary imprisonment, separating children from their families, and forced sterilization and abortions for Uighur women....
